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Mrs. Hoover christens plane, 10/3/29

Mrs. Hoover christens plane, 10/3/29

A black and white photo of a us naval plane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. D.J. Mahoney, Christens Dayton - Wright plane

Mrs. D.J. Mahoney, Christens Dayton - Wright plane

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Miss Elizabeth Owens christens Sikorsky plane, [5/8/25]

Miss Elizabeth Owens christens Sikorsky plane, [5/8/25]

Washington Post, May 9 1925 Yorktown Airplane Service Instituted Six days were required by messengers on horseback to carry news of Cornwallis' defeat from Yorktown, Va., to New York in 1781. Yesterday the sa... More

FIRST LADY CHRISTENS YANKEE CLIPPER. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 3. MRS. ROOSEVELT TODAY SMASHED A BOTTLE OF WATER FROM THE SEVEN SEAS ON THE BOW OF THE YANKEE CLIPPER, CHRISTENING THE 40-TON, 74 PASSENGER FLYING BOAT WHICH WILL INAUGURATE TRANSATLANTIC AIR PASSENGER SERVICE. THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT THE U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION HERE

FIRST LADY CHRISTENS YANKEE CLIPPER. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 3. MRS. RO...

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FIRST LADY CHRISTENS NEW FLEET OF AIRLINER. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 4. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON ONE OF A NEW FLEET OF DOUGLAS AIRLINERS PUT INTO OPERATION TODAY BY THE PENNSYLVANIA-CENTRAL AIRLINES. THE NEW PLANES, TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAPITAL FLEET, WILL OPERATE ON SIX SCHEDULES DAILY FROM WASHINGTON. C. BEDELL MONRO, PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA-CENTRAL AIRLINES, IS ALSO IN THE PICTURE

FIRST LADY CHRISTENS NEW FLEET OF AIRLINER. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 4...

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Mrs. Hoover christens plane, 10/3/29

Mrs. Hoover christens plane, 10/3/29

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First Lady of Land christens huge air liner. The First Lady of the Land, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, christening the giant airliner Buenos Aires today at the Naval Air Station in Washington. The ship will carry 32 passengers and a crew of 4 and will be put into passenger service between New York and South America by the New York Rio and Buenos Aires Air Line. Mrs. Hoover is greatly interested in the development of air traffic between North and South America as a means of promoting good will among the American republics

First Lady of Land christens huge air liner. The First Lady of the Lan...

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Daughter of Chief of U.S. Army Air Service christens flagship for start of longest air tour ever attempted in history of aviation. Miss Mary Fechet, daughter of Maj. General Fechet, Chief of U.S. Army Air Service, christening the flagship of the eight Aristocrat cabin monoplanes previous to their take-off from Bolling Field, Washington today on 50,000 mile air tour of the United States, Canada, Cuba and Mexico. The tour is being made to demonstrate the practicability of airplane for daily commercial use

Daughter of Chief of U.S. Army Air Service christens flagship for star...

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FIRST LADY CHRISTENS PLANE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 17. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND CAPT. EDDIE RICHENBACKER HOLDING THE BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE WHICH THE FIRST LADY USED TODAY IN CHRISTENING THE FLAGSHIP OF THE EASTERN AIR LINES WASHINGTON-NEW YORK RUN. UNDER THE NEW SCHEDULE WHICH STARTED TODAY, IT WILL BE A PLANE 'EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR' FROM 8 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT FROM WASHINGTON TO NEW YORK. THIS WILL MAKE THE RUN THE MOST FEQUENT AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE IN THE WORLD

FIRST LADY CHRISTENS PLANE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 17. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ...

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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, christens the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation on September 29, 1942. The ship was named for the noted Negro educator and founder of the Tuskegee Industrial Institute

Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson,...

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FIRST LADY CHRISTENS YANKEE CLIPPER. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 3. MRS. ROOSEVELT TODAY SMASHED A BOTTLE OF WATER FROM THE SEVEN SEAS ON THE BOW OF THE YANKEE CLIPPER, CHRISTENING THE 40-TON, 74 PASSENGER FLYING BOAT WHICH WILL INAUGURATE TRANSATLANTIC AIR PASSENGER SERVICE. THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT THE U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION HERE

FIRST LADY CHRISTENS YANKEE CLIPPER. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 3. MRS. RO...

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